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		deterministic on Nov 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What piece of code/codebase blew your mind... The Lambda Calculus. So simple. So powerful. Still studied today.

tromp on Nov 1, 2022 [–]

Indeed; see the above example of a prime number generates in just 167 bits of (binary) lambda calculus.

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